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A Kazakhstani site has been added to the UNESCO list of protected biosphere nature reserves.

• 24 марта 2016, 16:35

Japan warned that it might pull funding for UNESCO to protest last week's decision to inscribe documents related to the Nanjing massacre in its Memory of the World register.

• 13 октября 2015, 15:00

The UN's cultural body conferred world heritage status on a number of new sites including some seen as representative of Japan's industrial revolution.

• 06 июля 2015, 11:04

UNESCO condemned the destruction by Islamic State group jihadists of antiquities in the Syrian city of Palmyra.

• 04 июля 2015, 15:07

The head of the UN cultural organisation called for a campaign against the "culture cleansing" being carried out by Islamic State jihadists.

• 02 июля 2015, 12:33

UN culture chief Irina Bokova urged the Security Council to task peacekeepers with protecting cultural sites and to help prosecute those who destroy historical treasures.

• 28 апреля 2015, 12:39

The head of the United Nations' cultural agency demanded an emergency meeting of the world body's Security Council.

• 27 февраля 2015, 10:14

The mayor's office of Shymkent has submitted an application to UNESCO to obtain international recognition of the 2200-years' history of their city.

• 17 января 2015, 02:28

UNESCO has asked Egypt for a detailed report on restoration work carried out at the Djoser pyramid following reports the monument has been damaged.

• 25 сентября 2014, 12:04

Yurt, a portable dwelling of Central Asian nomads, may be recognized as a cultural heritage of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan by the end of 2014.

• 30 августа 2014, 00:54

One of China's renowned ancient towns was under water Wednesday as heavy rain hit the centre of the country, with tens of thousands of people evacuated from the area.

• 17 июля 2014, 03:26

UNESCO added seven settlements of the Great Silk Road located at the territory of Kazakhstan onto its World Heritage List.

• 15 июля 2014, 00:50

Kazakh representative to the UNESCO Executive Council Asel Utegenova said that Kazakhstan would ensure necessary protection of monuments included into the World Heritage.

• 10 июля 2014, 18:25

Kazakhstan is ranked 80th in the Good Country Index.

• 30 июня 2014, 19:30

Australia called a decision by UNESCO to defer listing the Great Barrier Reef as in danger "a win for logic", but environmentalists said it was a final warning.

• 20 июня 2014, 10:17

Kazakhstani natural parks Katon-Karagai and Akzhaik have been designated as Biosphere Reserves.

• 15 июня 2014, 11:33

On a small rock wall a short drive from the Philippine capital, enigmatic carvings that are believed to date back 5,000 years are in danger of disappearing before their mysteries can be solved.

• 23 апреля 2014, 20:55

Schoenbrunn Palace was Marie-Antoinette's summer childhood home and the beautiful and tragic Sissi's favoured residence. Mozart performed there as a child and Napoleon was so smitten he moved in -- twice.

• 23 апреля 2014, 10:38

More than 8,000 people were evacuated Sunday as an army of firefighters battled a killer blaze that tore through parts of Chile's historic port of Valparaiso and left at least 12 people dead.

• 14 апреля 2014, 10:19

A young man died and a dozen more were injured Friday in fresh clashes between Arabs and Berbers near the southern Algerian town of Ghardaia, local sources said.

• 12 апреля 2014, 14:01